Long-Term Care System in Korea

Korea is a country with unexpectedly fast ageing speed, which gives burden on caregivers of older adults. Thanks to long-term care insurance and national health insurance system, most people who need long-term care are currently staying in long-term care facilities like nursing homes and long-term c...

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Autor principal: Ga, Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Geriatrics Society 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32842717
http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.20.0036
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description Korea is a country with unexpectedly fast ageing speed, which gives burden on caregivers of older adults. Thanks to long-term care insurance and national health insurance system, most people who need long-term care are currently staying in long-term care facilities like nursing homes and long-term care hospitals. However, new project of integrated community care system is under trial implementation. This review demonstrates perspectives on Korean long-term care system from the past to the future.
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spelling pubmed-75331952020-10-13 Long-Term Care System in Korea Ga, Hyuk Ann Geriatr Med Res Review Article Korea is a country with unexpectedly fast ageing speed, which gives burden on caregivers of older adults. Thanks to long-term care insurance and national health insurance system, most people who need long-term care are currently staying in long-term care facilities like nursing homes and long-term care hospitals. However, new project of integrated community care system is under trial implementation. This review demonstrates perspectives on Korean long-term care system from the past to the future. Korean Geriatrics Society 2020-09 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7533195/ /pubmed/32842717 http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.20.0036 Text en Copyright © 2020 Korean Geriatrics Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533195/
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